Sunday, August 2nd
sounds of New Orleans
Funeral for singer Juanita Brooks, New Orleans, 2009
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: gospel
2020
Sunday, July 26th
testify!
Angelic Gospel Singers, “If You Can’t Help Me (At the Finishing Line),” live
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Sunday, July 19th
basement jukebox: sounds of Shreveport
B. L. Blade (Pastor Brady L. Blade Sr., 1939-, Zion Baptist Church; father of drummers Brady L. Blade Jr. and Brian Blade), “By His Grace We’ve Come a Long Way” (Parts I and II), 1982
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
*****
reading table
bobbing and weaving
a know-nothing bird sings . . .
fallen leaves—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
2020
Sunday, July 12th
basement jukebox
Joyful Gospel Singers, “Every Day Will Be Like Sunday”
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Sunday, July 5th
Gladys testifies
Gladys Knight (1944-), “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (R. Rodgers, O. Hammerstein), “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (P. Simon), live (Aretha Franklin’s funeral), Detroit, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park
2020
Sunday, June 28th
basement jukebox
Sensational Nightingales (featuring Julius Cheeks), “Pressing On,” 1950s
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lagniappe
art beat: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 3/6/20
Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), The Migration Series (1940-1941), panel 14
2020
Sunday, June 21st
shout!
“He Looked Beyond My Faults” (United House of Prayer band), live, c. 2011
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Sunday, June 14th
testify!
The Meditation Singers, “Don’t You Want to Go” (E. Rundless), live, 1960s
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
*****
reading table
I dance, for the joy of surviving,
on the edge of the road.—Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006), from “An Old Cracked Tune”
2020
Sunday, June 7th
testify!
“Mama,” “I Know the Lord,” live, c. 2007
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Sunday, May 31st
basement jukebox
Brother Vernard Johnson (1948-, vocals, alto saxophone), “Soul Metamorphosis” (V. Johnson, D. Ward), c. late 1960s
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
Thus spring begins: old
stupidities repeated,
new errors invented—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
